Clothes-hanger support



M. B. ONElL CLOTHES HANGER SUPPORT Filed July 17, 1926 INVENTOR 2a. aim

ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 9, 1928.

UNITED STATES,

MINNIE B. ONEIL, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-HANGER SUPPORT.

Application filed July 17,

This invention relates to a support for clothes hangers, the generalobject of the invention being to provide a pair of telescopic memberswhich are adapted to be fastened to a shelf or the like in a closet,with the lower portion of thesupport adapted to engage the hooks of thehangers so that a plurality of hangers can be suspended from thesupport.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrating in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like ch racters denote like orcorresponding parts throughoutthe several views, and in which Figure 1is a view showing how the device is supported from the shelf of acloset.

Figure 2 is a front view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 1.

As shown in these views, the support comprises a pair of U-shapedmembers 4 and 5, the lower limb of the member 5 telescoping into thelower limb of the member 4 and this limb of the member 5 is of muchgreater length than the upperlimb of said member. The upper limb ofeachniember has its extremity flattened, as at 6, and these flattened)ortions are perforated to receive the screws 7 which fasten the supportto the under face of a shelf A or the like in a closet or similar place.The bight of the member 5 is flat or straight, as shown at 8, so that itwill abut the 1926. Serial No. 123,152.

wall B of the closet, which helps to strengthen the support. The hooksof the usual clothes hangers, one of which is shown at C, are placed inengagement with the lower portion of the support, as shown in Figure 2,and as will be seen, the support will hold a plurality of such hangers.

By making the device adjustable, it can be placed in closets of varioussizes and the full width of the closet made use of.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combinationand arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is In a hanger of the character described adapted to bemounted upon the underside of a shelf projecting forwardly from the wallof a closet or the like, a pair ofsubstantially U- shaped memberssecured beneath the shelf, one member having a relatively straight bightportion adapted to abut against the wall, said members each having itslower leg relatively long as compared with the upper, the lower legsbeing telescopically engaged and the upper legs being directed towardeach other and terminating in spaced relation and secured to the underside of the shelf, said telescopic engagement permitting adjustment tofit the device beneath shelves of different sizes.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MINNIE B. ONEIL.

